NHPC Wins GovTech Cyber Award
India’s NHPC took Silver at the ET GovTech Awards 2026 for enterprise‑wide cybersecurity strengthening and resilience across IT/OT systems—an example of cross‑domain security work that earned public recognition. The award spotlights integrated IT/OT programs as a winning model. (x.com)
The ET GovTech Awards 2026 ceremony was held on March 19, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi as part of the ET Government Next‑Gen Governance summit. (government.economictimes.indiatimes.com) NHPC’s publicly posted IT & Cyber Security Policy describes a centralized IT business process with all sites, the data center and corporate office integrated via a software‑driven WAN and lists specific policies such as SCADA/DCS security, backup, change management and incident management. (nhpcindia.com) NHPC issued a tender in June 2023 specifying IT and OT cyber security audits and vulnerability assessments covering 21 power stations plus multiple corporate and regional offices, indicating an audit footprint that spans the company’s operational sites. (tendersniper.com) The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RailTel to bolster IT and cybersecurity infrastructure, a partnership that NHPC framed as widening its ICT capabilities under the supervision of senior officials including RailTel CMD Sanjai Kumar and NHPC CMD Raj Kumar Chaudhary. (varindia.com) NHPC’s IT leadership has received prior sector recognition: at the Governance Now 10th India PSU IT Awards 2025 Dr. Prashant Atrey was named Digital Transformation Leader and Vibhor Gupta was named Digital Security Leader, reflecting named individuals accountable for the enterprise cyber program. (psuconnect.in) Public accounts of NHPC activity show repeated organisational measures—national cyber‑awareness sessions attended by CMD Y.K. Chaubey and engagement with NSCS officials, plus statements that nodal cybersecurity groups and a defined cyber crisis management plan cover power‑station operations. (dailyexcelsior.com)
